Winners and losers from the Vikings' 31-13 win against Houston

Winners and losers from the Vikings' 31-13 win against Houston

When we started this column, we imposed a rule to keep it focused on the Vikings. To highlight the purple positives and Minnesota negatives. That seems impossible with the near perfect performance by the Vikings today so I’m just going to ignore that. Sorry, Kyle.

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Marcus SherelsRochester John Marshall, go crazy! This kid is a monster. Two weeks after returning a punt for a touchdown against Carolina, Sherels was at it again, returning a 79-yarder for a score to make it 24-0 Vikings with 8:46 left in the second quarter.

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Brock Osweiler and the Texans couldn’t do anything. The guaranteed $36 million quarterback completed 19-of-42 passes for 182 yards, one interception and one touchdown in garbage time. Houston didn’t get a first down that wasn’t aided by a penalty until late in the second quarter. Wide receivers DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller didn’t catch a pass in the first half. That is ridiculous. This team is ridiculous.

Kyle RatkeThe head editor of our fair site ran the Twin Cities Marathon this morning and now he’s writing 47 different articles (almost). You’re the man, Kyle!

(Editor’s note: And he totally redeemed himself!)

Losers

All of the TexansOkay, maybe Whitney Mercilus and Jadeveon Clowney both had pretty good games despite the lopsided score, but this was a beat down in all three phases of the game.